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ISRAEL J. CURRIER AND JOSEPHl HAWSE, OIF WOLCO'IT, VERMONT,

Letters Patent No. 92,2

79, 1aed July 6, 1869.

IMPROVED POTATO-WASHER.

HWP- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makring part cf the same.

To all whom 'itmay concern:

Be it known that we, ISRAEL J. CURRIER and J0- ssrn HAwsn, of Wolcott, in the county of Lamoille, and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato-Washers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecilication, and in which Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of our potato-washer, and

Figure 2, a plan view ofthe same.

Similar letters indicate like parts in both figures.

The nature of our invention consists in the employment of a revolving bottom and stirrer, in combination with an upright crank-shaft and bucket, said bucket heilig provided with parallel bars; operating substantially as hereinafter set i'ort-h.

To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains,.to make and use the same, we will now describe.

In the accompanying tlrawing- A represents an ordinary bucket, provided at its upper end with the bar a, to which is attached one end of the rods c a a', the other end of the rods being inserted into the sides ofthe bucket. B is an upright crank-shaft, passing through the bar a, and the lower. end working in a jourualsecured I to the bottom of the bucket. Y

On'this shaft is secured the revolving bottom b, which is provided with the diagonal strips b' b' 1). C is a metal S-shuped stirrer, secured on the shaft B, above the revolving bottom b.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and

Letters Patent, 'is- A potato-washer, consisting of' the bucket A, crankshaft B, stirrer C, revolving bottom b, with diagonal st iips, and cross-bars or rods a. `a' u', all combined, alranged, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.' i' v In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we aftx our signatures, in presence ot' two witnesses. e

ISRAEL J. OURRIER. JOSEPH HAWSE. Witnesses: f

A. I). PEEK, y L. l. PRESTON.

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